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PANEL 1 (COVER):
Trees Invest in a Better Tomorrow!
Your community can afford urban forestry because
trees provide many benefits and people support
conservation. In the past decade, American voters
have passed more than 1,200 bond referenda
amounting to more than $29 billion dollars for
conservation with a 78 percent approval rating.
Invest in urban forestry and collect growing
Extension Forestry at North Carolina State University:
/
International Society of Arboriculture:
www.treesaregood.com/treecare/tree_benefits.aspx
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources:
North Carolina Urban Forest Council: /
The National Arbor Day Foundation—Tree City USA:
www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA.cfm
TreeLink:
UFind—Urban Forestry Index: www.urbanforestryindex.net
USDA Forest Service—Urban Forest Research Unit:
Funding for this project was provided in part through an
Urban and Community Forestry Grant from the North
Carolina Division of Forest Resources, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, in cooperation with the
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region.
Mark Megalos, PhD,
3,000 copies of this publication were printed at a cost of $744.21 or $0.25 per copy.
Published by
NORTH CAROLINA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
Trees Foster Healthy Communities
By creating safe, shaded open spaces for children
to play and adults to congregate, trees enrich our
lives. They reduce stress by filtering unwanted noise
and replacing it with bird songs and rustling leaves.
Domestic abuse, including child abuse, is lower in
Trees encourage people to
• congregate,
•
•
•
• Hospital patients with views of trees have
fewer complications, less need for painkillers,
and shorter stays; prisoners have fewer stress
• Increased green space has been linked with
decreased strain on police and emergency
Prow, T. 1999. The Power of Trees.
(Vol. 7, No 4).
The National Arbor Day Foundation. The Value of Trees
to a Community. www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm
Communities
Thrive on
Trees

PANEL 1 (COVER):
Trees Invest in a Better Tomorrow!
Your community can afford urban forestry because
trees provide many benefits and people support
conservation. In the past decade, American voters
have passed more than 1,200 bond referenda
amounting to more than $29 billion dollars for
conservation with a 78 percent approval rating.
Invest in urban forestry and collect growing
Extension Forestry at North Carolina State University:
/
International Society of Arboriculture:
www.treesaregood.com/treecare/tree_benefits.aspx
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources:
North Carolina Urban Forest Council: /
The National Arbor Day Foundation—Tree City USA:
www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA.cfm
TreeLink:
UFind—Urban Forestry Index: www.urbanforestryindex.net
USDA Forest Service—Urban Forest Research Unit:
Funding for this project was provided in part through an
Urban and Community Forestry Grant from the North
Carolina Division of Forest Resources, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, in cooperation with the
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region.
Mark Megalos, PhD,
3,000 copies of this publication were printed at a cost of $744.21 or $0.25 per copy.
Published by
NORTH CAROLINA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
Trees Foster Healthy Communities
By creating safe, shaded open spaces for children
to play and adults to congregate, trees enrich our
lives. They reduce stress by filtering unwanted noise
and replacing it with bird songs and rustling leaves.
Domestic abuse, including child abuse, is lower in
Trees encourage people to
• congregate,
•
•
•
• Hospital patients with views of trees have
fewer complications, less need for painkillers,
and shorter stays; prisoners have fewer stress
• Increased green space has been linked with
decreased strain on police and emergency
Prow, T. 1999. The Power of Trees.
(Vol. 7, No 4).
The National Arbor Day Foundation. The Value of Trees
to a Community. www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm
Communities
Thrive on
Trees